Role Summary:
The Imperva DAM L2 Administrator will be responsible for managing, monitoring, and maintaining Imperva Database Activity Monitoring infrastructure. This role involves ensuring continuous coverage of critical databases, investigating alerts, performing fine-tuning of policies, troubleshooting issues, and coordinating with DBA and OEM teams for complex incidents.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer, monitor, and maintain the Imperva DAM infrastructure, including gateways, agents, and management servers.
- Perform daily health checksof the DAM components and monitored databases.
- Onboard new databasesinto monitoring scope and ensure appropriate policies are applied.
- Review and analyze security alertsgenerated by Imperva DAM to identify potential data access violations or policy breaches.
- Tune and optimizemonitoring policies and alert thresholds to reduce false positives.
- Coordinate with database administrators, application owners, and security teams for incident analysis and remediation.
- Perform troubleshootingof agent connectivity, policy sync, and gateway performance issues.
- Support patching, version upgrades, and configuration changes as per change management process.
- Maintain and update documentationincluding runbooks, configurations, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Escalate complex issues to L3 / vendor supportand track resolution.
- Generate and share weekly/monthly DAM reportsfor compliance and audit requirements.
- Ensure all activities are performed in line with organizational security policies, SLAs, and SEBI compliance frameworks.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 25 yearsof experience in database security or administration with at least 12 years hands-on with Imperva DAM.
- Strong knowledge of Imperva DAM architecture, components (Management Server, Gateway, Agents).
- Experience in policy creation, alert tuning, and incident handlingin Imperva DAM.
- Familiarity with databasessuch as Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, DB2, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL.
- Good understanding of network protocols(TCP/IP, SSL, etc.) and database access patterns.
- Experience with Linux and Windows OSfor agent/gateway deployment and troubleshooting.
- Ability to analyze logs, identify root cause, and propose permanent fixes.
- Familiarity with SIEM tools integration(e.g. ArcSight and Elastic).
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Imperva Database Activity Monitoring.
- Exposure to data protection frameworksand compliance audits.
- Basic scripting skills (e.g., Shell, Python, PowerShell).
Soft Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Team player with effective collaboration across IT and security teams.
- Willingness to work in 24x7 support model(if applicable).
